Sam’s Club & Costco: To some, a beacon of bulk buy savings… To me, a dissent into madness. I want to save money, I really do! It’s my #05 hobby on this website! But for me, sometimes going to these bulk buy stories is more trouble than its worth. Therefore I am introducing my latest hobby #33 “People Watching” The following are my top 3 reasons why I hate going to these stores.

People Make The Parking Lot a Death Trap
It’s a beautiful day, the sun is shining, you’re hitting all green lights. Everything is going great. Then you pull into the parking lot. Correction, you pull into the line, to get into the parking lot. That is the case for my Costco in Gaithersburg Maryland. There is stopped traffic before making the turn into Costco because so many people are trying to get in. Upon entering their parking lot, it is as if people believe they are exempt from all rules of the road now. Driving on the wrong side, bumping predestines with their SUV’s, double parking anywhere and everywhere… These are just a few of the practices of the parking lot as a driver.

As a predestine you must either stand your ground – or run for your life. If a driver senses any fear or hesitation in your direction of movement, you will be hit, they will try to say you’re the one at fault!

People Block An Entire Isle Whenever Possible
I’m dumbfounded every 5 minutes or so as I am unable to pass through an isle because some man or woman has blocked the entire isle with herself and her cart, blissfully unaware of that fact she isn’t the only person in the store.

Now, you might ask, “But, those isles are really big, even is she turned her cart sideways and stood in front of it, there should be room, right?” Correct, in a perfect world this design would work. But wherever their are people, we will find ways to mess things up. For example, the following are three examples I encountered YESTERDAY.

There is a large steel support pole to the roof somewhere in the isle. People are somehow attracted to these poles and puts their cart at an angle so that no one can pass as they browse the isle.

There is one of those free sample venders at the end of an isle. There vender station takes up 1/3 of the exit out of the isle. Therefore the logical thing to do is to place your cat at the other 1/3 and for you to stand in the middle while eating a free sample. FAIL.

You have two carts – You may polity pull one of your carts off to the side, but your unruly 11 year old son is taking the other cart and crashing into everything that dares to try to pass him.

People Shop WHILE Waiting In Line.
You see – there are always lines. People go to these stores to buy a LOT of stuff. So lines are to be expected. I think it would be foolish to go to these stores and not expect to wait for at least 15 minutes in line. Some people, however, think that is a utter waste of time. So what do they do? THEY GET IN LINE AND CONTINUE TO SHOP THROUGHOUT THE STORE. Most commonly I see a parent with several kids with them. The parent gets in line while the kids run throughout the store grabbing what they need so that by the time they get to the front of the line they’ve finished shopping…only this never happens.

“Oh, sir, wait just a moment, my baby had to go get something else out of the bakery section” So now everyone behind you is waiting for Timmy to get back with 6 loafs of bread. I don’t understand! Is our world in such a hurry today that we try to time getting in line early while sending other people to get the rest of the food?

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